Latest California Headlines
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Calif. Launches Online Tool for Health Insurance Rate Filings
Jul 27 2010 // Furthering his commitment increase public scrutiny of health insurance rate filings, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that consumers can now be notified via e-mail when new health insurance rate...
Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Calif. Commissioner’s Actions
Jul 27 2010 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is considering a recent court decision a victory for consumers, as a lawsuit that attempted to stop the Commissioner from protecting Californians in connection with the...
California Farms Take Risks When Going Green
Jul 23 2010 // California dairy farmers might soon start converting their cow waste to fuel, but in doing so, they may be taking on more insurance risks — risks that their insurance agents might not be aware of, said James D....
Hate Crimes in California Drop 20%
Jul 22 2010 // Hate crimes in California fell by more than 20 percent last year, according to a new report released by California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s office. “Hate Crime in California 2009” showed...
Drivers Beware: Lindsay Lohan Offers Lessons in Auto Insurance
Jul 21 2010 // In all the commotion of Lindsay Lohan’s fall from grace, little attention has been paid to the impact her risky behavior will have on her insurance — auto, home, life, and health. But consumers can learn from...
Sacramento Considers Tax for Out-of-Town Motorists
Jul 20 2010 // Sacramento is the latest local government in California to consider imposing a tax on out-of-town motorists who are involved in local auto accidents, which many insurers oppose, according to Sam Sorich, president of the...
GOP Nominates Villines for Insurance Commissioner
Jul 20 2010 // Assemblyman Mike Villines says the California Department of Insurance needs a good manager, not a politician looking at the post as a stepping stone to higher office. Villines will face Democratic Assemblyman Dave Jones in...
Second California Insurer Files to Offer Pay-As-You-Drive Coverage
Jul 19 2010 // The Automobile Club of Southern California has submitted an application to the state Department of Insurance to offer an insurance program that rewards California drivers who voluntarily drive fewer miles with lower auto...
Understanding Business Income Claims During Times of Civil Unrest
Jul 19 2010 // California’s Mehserle Verdict a Reminder to Review Coverages While Oakland, Calif., police donned riot gear to ward off potential violence and vandalism following the Mehserle verdict announcement, businesses may be...
Country Sees Growing Power of Hispanic Agents and Customers
Jul 19 2010 // Latin Agents Group Launches in New York The growth of the country’s Hispanic population is a hot topic among demographers and marketers – including insurance producers and brokers. As of 2008, the last year for...
Calif. Mehserle Verdict a Reminder to Review Business Income Coverages
Jul 8 2010 // While Oakland, Calif., police donned riot gear to ward off potential violence and vandalism following the Mehserle verdict announcement, businesses may be wondering what insurance coverages are available to protect...
Latin Insurance Agent Groups Growing, Going Mainstream
Jul 7 2010 // A group of New York insurance agents has launched a new trade group for Latin insurance producers as well as brokers who serve the Hispanic community in the Northeast. LABA is not the first group geared toward insurance...
Court Rules in Favor of Calif. State Compensation Workers
Jul 5 2010 // About 7,900 employees of California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund are entitled to back pay after a state appeals court ruled in their favor over furloughs. The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco...
Downey Named CEO of AAA Northern California
Jul 4 2010 // AAA has named current company president Paula F. Downey CEO of AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah and its insurance affiliate, the California State Auto Group. According to the company, Downey is the only female...
CMTA and CompWest Form Workers’ Compensation Partnership
Jul 2 2010 // The California Manufacturers and Technology Association (CMTA) and CompWest Insurance Company have formed a partnership to provide a group workers’ compensation program for California’s manufacturing sector....
Insurers Divest Nearly $400M in Iran-Related Assets
Jul 2 2010 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that his focus on reducing the exposure of California policyholders to risky Iran-related investments resulted in insurers selling nearly one-fifth of the assets...
Auto Club of Southern Calif. Files to Offer Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance
Jun 30 2010 // The Automobile Club of Southern California has submitted an application to the state Department of Insurance to offer an insurance program that rewards California drivers who voluntarily drive fewer miles with lower auto...
California Launches Disaster Corps
Jun 28 2010 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has launched the first-in-the-nation Disaster Corps to professionalize, standardize and coordinate trained disaster volunteers statewide. Disaster Corps volunteers will be registered...
California Violent Crime Rate Falls for Third Consecutive Year
Jun 28 2010 // California’s violent crime rate has declined 6.6 percent in the past year, according to the California Department of Justice’s annual crime report for 2009, recently released by Attorney General Edmund G. Brown...
EPIC Adds Hilbrant as Producer in Orange, Calif.
Jun 24 2010 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Jim Hilbrant as a producer in its Orange, Calif., office. His responsibilities will include the...
